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Select galleries are currently closed for the installation of a new exhibition. Check out what's on view!

A video still of a green skyline with the silhouettes of flying birds and a telephone line projected onto the floor.

Paul Chan, 1st Light, 2005. Projected digital animation (color, silent; 14:00 minutes). Gift of Kimberly and James Pallotta. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali. Photo by Jean Vong. © Paul Chan

ICA Collection

Established in 2006, the ICAʼs permanent collection offers a diverse overview of national and international artworks in a range of media. Here you can find in-depth information about each object.

Included in the collection is The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, encompassing 68 major works of 20th- and 21st-century art.

The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women

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Two photos of abdomens with silhouettes of Germany and Africa sunburned on

Static Drift

Ingrid Mwangi Hutter
Painting of green leather car seats with plaid fabric pattern

Go Daddy! (Out to get you)

Issy Wood
Painting of person with light skin and hair in a bun seated, painting a small canvas in an interior setting

Susanna Paints

Aliza Nisenbaum
Compilation of photos of people from behind

Folder: Rear Views

Taryn Simon
Abstract painting of bodies

Hangin’ There, Baby

Christina Quarles
Assemblage of varying materials depicting a stylized geometric figure upside down with a potted plant in front of it

Falling Man

Rashid Johnson
Large white vessel with cowry shell shapes protruding from side

Jug

Simone Leigh
Painting of a skyline layered with text

If You Got the Money Honey

Joe Wardwell
Two framed photos of an interior space with and without a large yellow pile

Sugar Silo I & II

Zineb Sedira
Colorful flowers are arranged in a vase on a table with a man’s face at the top.

Large Flowers

Louis Fratino
An oil painting in mostly pink, red, and yellow colors shows three women figures seated or laying on picnic blankets surrounded by leaves, a drone, sports equipment, and a bag of apples.

Pack Animals

Celeste Rapone
An artwork depicting a shirtless man with dark complexion and pink hair stands in a bright colored kitchen

I Look Just Like My Mama With My Father’s Eyes (Can Time Heal The Guilty)

Arcmanoro Niles
Blue-grey painting covered in marks in the style of drawings on a fogged window and geometric markings with two human figures repeated underneath

Technique

Avery Singer
Brightly colored printed flags installed on the ceiling in rows in a white gallery with glass windows on the right

Space Poem #1

Renée Green
A mannequin without arms or feet sticks its head out forward, tilted downward. The figure is painted with designs and adorned with a necklace and is encased in a tall clear case made of see-through square panes. The  figure stands in a large brick archway, with a brick pathway leading to the clear case.

Countdown III

Rose B. Simpson
Sculpture of a horse rearing, encrusted with colorful beads, bells, sequins, and other homespun materials.

The Fable, which is composed of wonders, moves the more

Raúl de Nieves
A painting on indigo-dyed fabric depicts a woman holding an infant as she looks directly at the viewer. It is flanked by carved wooden pieces.

Jahnae Wyatt as Queen Poku

Stephen Hamilton
A portrait of a human figure half fallen from a red velvet ottoman and laying prostrate on the floor in an awkward, outstretched position.

thosebutterflyboys

David Antonio Cruz
Together, nine photograph tiles show the silhouette of a body, wrapped in fabric and wearing a straw headdress.

Classic Creole

María Magdalena Campos-Pons
A yellow, rectangle-like shape is centered within a purple square, which is bordered by a burgundy square, within a red square.

Homage to the Auction Block #15

Steve Locke
A photograph through a sunlit window of two sisters embracing each other as they look directly ahead at the viewer.

Orly and Ruth

Rania Matar
A fabric collage shows a woman with wrapped hair, wearing a towel and painting her nails while seated at a table. The collage is torn with missing pieces at the bottom, creating gaps in the colorful scene.

Self-Care Sunday

Billie Zangewa
A black-and-white photograph of a person from the waist up wearing a cap and plaid button-up shirt

From the series Faces and Phases

Zanele Muholi
An installation of six screens featuring video stills of soft, blue landscapes in a dark room

Purple

John Akomfrah

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